Sports & Recreation
Discover the best sports books at our online bookstore, featuring top sports titles, compelling sports autobiographies, and engaging basketball books. Explore must-read and best-selling sports romance books and more, perfect for fans of every athletic pursuit.
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More Than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most Important Soccer Story Ever ToldTimed perfectly for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Chuck Korr and Marvin Close's More Than Just a Game tells the timeless true story of how political prisoners under apartheid found hope and dignity through soccer. In the hell that was Robben Island,...
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Saturday Night Dirt: A Motor NovelIt's a sizzling summer Saturday, and Headwaters Speedway is suddenly the place to be. Thanks to rainouts across the state, this small-town dirt track is drawing big-time stock cars and local drivers. First up: Trace Bonham in his Street Stock Chevy that's sure to...
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One-Handed CatchDad had asked me to give him a hand, and that's exactly what I was doing. I was fast becoming part of the fourteen-cent chopped meat special--which, I'm told, was not a big seller for the rest of the day. What would it be...
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Cricket ExplainedCricket Explained offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British cousin, a game that shares with America's national pastime the common ancestor "rounders".This is the definitive beginner's guide to the game of cricket, written by a world authority on the sport, the...
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Heart of a Champion: The Dominique Dawes StoryDominique Dawes made history as the first African American woman to win an individual Olympic medal, and her trailblazing story is presented in Heart of a Champion, a biography perfect for readers eight and up, and anyone interested in learning about one of the...
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Golf's Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of UtopiaJoin David Cook--world-renowned sports and performance psychologist, speaker, and bestselling author--as he teaches you that in golf and in life, it's time to get out of your own way and let your true self shine.Based on thousands of athletes Cook has counseled and great...
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The Estuary's Gift: An Atlantic Coast Cultural BiographyA coastal region's oldest inhabitants, particularly families of watermen and commercial fishers, often possess the deepest knowledge about a region and its ecological problems. Because of this, assaults on watermen lifeways and commercial fishing families-whether from organized recreational interests, real estate developers, or public...
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One Small Town, One Crazy Coach: The Ireland Spuds and the 1963 Indiana High School Basketball SeasonIn the summer of 1962, the peripatetic and irrepressible Pete Gill was hired on a whim to coach basketball at tiny Ireland High School. There he would accomplish, against enormous odds, one of the great small-town feats in Indiana basketball history. With no starters...
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Sandow the Magnificent: Eugen Sandow and the Beginnings of BodybuildingBefore Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Reeves, or Charles Atlas, there was German-born Eugen Sandow (1867-1925), a muscular vaudeville strongman who used his good looks, intelligence, and business savvy to forge a fitness empire. David L. Chapman tells the story of the immensely popular showman who...
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Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, Hip-Hop, and Street BasketballJ-Rod moves like a small tank on the court, his face mean, staring down his opponents. "I play just like my father," he says. "Before my father died, he was a problem on the court. I'm a problem." Playing basketball for him fuses past...
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Walter Camp: Football and the Modern ManAmericans are obsessed with football, yet they know little about the man who shaped the game to make it uniquely technical, physical, and 'man-making' at once. Walter Camp, the "Father of American Football," was the foremost authority on American athletics and arguably the greatest...
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La Montagne Mère: Vous Pouvez Grimper Mt. EverestUne histoire lyrique, inspirée de faits réels, de deux meilleurs amis qui, quand ils sont enfants, décident d'escalader le mont Everest quand ils seront grands. Ils ont suivi leur plan, après avoir grandi, être allés à l'université, ils ont économisé et se sont entraînés...
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The Princess and the FoalThe inspiring novel about real life princess and equestrienne Haya of Jordan. Princess Haya loves her family more than anything--especially her mother who brings light and happiness into King Hussein's house. So when Queen Alia is killed in a tragic accident, Princess Haya is...
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Legends: The Best Players, Games, and Teams in Baseball: World Series Heroics! Greatest Home Run Hitters! Classic Rivalries! and Much, Much More!"With the LEGENDS series, Howard Bryant brings to life the best that sports has to offer--the heroes, the bitter rivalries, the moments that every sports-loving kid should know."--Mike Lupica, #1 bestselling author of Travel Team, Heat, and Fantasy League Experience baseball's most exciting moments,...
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Roar'When a football ground was electrified on that unforgettable February evening, feelings did not need words. They had a sound unlike anything anyone had ever heard: an almighty, heartfelt roar.' The inaugural season of the AFL Women's league was a game changer for Australian...
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For the Glory: The Untold and Inspiring Story of Eric Liddell, Hero of Chariots of Fire"Hamilton is a guarantee of quality." --Financial Times "Duncan Hamilton's compelling biography puts flesh on the legend and paints a vivid picture of not only a great athlete, but also a very special human being." --Daily Mail The untold and inspiring story of Eric...
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Confessions of a Medical HeretAuthor: James MendelsohnPublisher: McGraw-HillPublished: 09/27/1990Pages: 208Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9780071837903This title is not returnable
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DIY Rc Airplanes from Scratch: The Brooklyn Aerodrome Bible for Hacking the SkiesPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.BUILD YOUR OWN REMOTE-CONTROLLED AIRPLANES QUICKLY, EASILY, AND INEXPENSIVELY!Take to the skies with a majestic motorized model aircraft...
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Canoe and Kayak Building the Light and Easy Way: How to Build Tough, Super-Safe Boats in Kevlar, Carbon, or FiberglassThe first quick-and-easy composite construction method for canoes and kayaks This book is certain to appeal to any paddler with a DIY bent. Master craftsman Sam Rizzetta presents three attractive innovations: a new building method that makes Kevlar and carbon-fiber boats cheap and feasible...
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The Instant Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, and Seamanship: A Quick-Reference Guide for Sail and PowerInstant answers for your boat handling, navigation, and seamanship questions The Instant Handbook uses a dynamic new quick-reference format to cover the critical aspects of piloting, seamanship, and boat handling under sail or power more accessibly and effectively than has ever been done before....
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